Wishlist for Marine Aquarium 3 and Future - Page 89

Jim Sachs · 03-24-2010, 01:07 AM

I might be able to give it an intensity slider, but the speed won't change. The medium is water, not molasses.

harris · 03-24-2010, 06:12 AM

Thank you, Jim.

If it works, having the option to adjust both the background/foreground colors and the light reflection intensity will be a great addition. They just seem so natural together.

JohnWho · 03-24-2010, 06:44 AM

Originally posted by Jim Sachs:

JohnWho - The treasure chest is in the Freshwater Aquarium. People involved with saltwater tanks are generally purists who don't want any toys in the tank. Things are a little looser in the freshwater community, and the bubbling tresure chest is almost a must-have.

Actually, I was just kidding.

I wouldn't really want anything "unnatural" in the aquarium, even a fresh water one.

Takes away the look, in my opinion.

Well, maybe a mermaid, but that's it.

Marian Nichols · 03-24-2010, 07:14 AM

Love the mermaid idea, but I don't think it is natural. LOL. Unless you know something I don't.

Jim Sachs · 03-24-2010, 09:31 AM

harris - I wasn't intending on tackling the foreground colors at this time. That's a major job, since there's no actual "lighting" any more.

harris · 03-24-2010, 11:35 AM

Oops,

OK, I understand. That just gives use more to look forward to in the future.

feldon34 · 03-25-2010, 05:21 AM

The Star Trek and Religion discussion has moved to a more appropriate location.

JohnWho · 06-16-2010, 05:00 PM

Should this now be "Wishlist for 2,3, and 4"?

I'd like to add to the wishlist something Dale mentioned in another thread:

the ability to move a "fish set" either up or down in the list similiar to the way we can now move music in the Music List or items in the Clock and Logo Playlist.

mipalmer · 07-26-2010, 12:33 AM

I would like to make a wishlist request for a few of my favorite fish please.
Gold Bar Maroon Clownfish (Premnas epigrammata)
Yellow Stripe Maroon Clown Fish (Premnas biaculeatus_
Lemonpeel Angelfish (Centropyge flavissima)
Purple Firefish Goby (Nemateleotris decora)
Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus)
Atlantic Blue Juvenile Tang - Yellow Juvenile Coloration Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)

I just recently purchased MA 3. I maintained Saltwater aquariums and reefs for years as a hobbyist. I was looking for a application that might give me the same feeling as having my own. I really appreciate what you have created. Hopefully you can add the fish to a future release to help cure my craving and give me sense that it is my own with a few of my favorites. Thank you for taken them into consideration. Please let me know if you would like me to provide some photos.

cjmaddy · 07-26-2010, 03:42 AM

Welcome mipalmer, to SereneScreen!

..... Have you discovered the Wishlist Fish & Special Creatures section of the fan site? ..... I think it contains a few of your favourites.

mipalmer · 07-26-2010, 09:36 PM

I had not discovered the wishlist fish & special creatures section. Thank you cjmaddy for pointing me in the right direction. Much appreciated.

ESHIREY · 07-27-2010, 12:15 PM

Welcome to the forums.

emiranda · 10-22-2010, 08:05 AM

I have a suggestion for the wishlist... and I do not know if this has been suggested before.

In a two or three monitor environment the program works incredibly well...except that the fish are distorted when they pass from one monitor to the other! They are elongated by the sum of the edges of the two side-by-side monitors. Depending on the monitors this could be anything from one to three inches

It would be incredible if the user could input the width of the monitor edges (side by side) then it would look as if the fish was hidden or swimming behind the monitor edge and look as if the monitors are a window that looks into a real aquarium!

Since the program is used both domestic and internationally, this feature (if implemented) should allow inches and centimeters, or fractions thereof.

Jim Sachs · 10-23-2010, 02:37 PM

This is know as a "bezel gap adjustment", and I tried to implement it a couple of years ago. It turned out to be a lifetime project, so I abandoned it.

johnblommers · 10-23-2010, 02:45 PM

Why not give O'Connor a shot at it?

Jim Sachs · 10-23-2010, 03:04 PM

He's welcome to try it if he likes. Of couse even if he's successful, it would only work in OpenGL on the Mac.

patscarr · 10-28-2010, 01:59 PM

Gotta get that starfish moving and on the glass soon!

xitrum · 12-04-2010, 12:02 PM

Hello. First of all, thank you for such a wonderful program. I've been using it for a long time. I recently upgraded to version 3.0. Absolutely love it.

I have a question. Is it possible to set the frame rate to 24 fps? The reason is that I have a 3DTV with nVidia 3DTV Play. In order to display 3D in 1920x1080p resolution, the frame rate must be set to 24fps.

If not, is there any chance that this will be added for a future release?

Thanks

feldon34 · 12-04-2010, 01:28 PM

xitrum,

On page 10 of the user manual for nVidia 3DTV, it says:

For 3D Gaming: You do not need change the Windows Desktop Resolution to
an HD 3D mode. Instead, you simply select the resolution 1280x720 and 60 Hz
refresh rate from inside the game’s video settings menu to switch to 3D mode.
However, if you are using a game that uses the Windows desktop resolution
when running the game, it is recommended you select HD 3D mode 720p, 1280x720 with a refresh rate of 60 Hz or 50 Hz.

and

Launch your game in fullscreen mode.
3D TVs only support one resolution for 3D gaming: 1280x720. When you start the
game, you may notice a red message at the bottom of the game that indicates that
your current game is not running in a compatible HDMI 1.4 3D mode. This message
is normal since many games launch with an initial in‐game resolution that is not
1280x720. For example, if your game starts at 1600x900 at 60 Hz, the 3D TV does not
support operating 3D in that mode and you will see a message that says Current
mode 1600x900@60 is not HDMI 1.4 3D compatible.
2. Select the in‐game resolution 1280x720. This is the HD 3D mode of 720p, 1280x720.
Once you are running in this resolution, the red text is no longer displayed and you
can now play your games in 3D.

have you tried these settings?

xitrum · 12-04-2010, 09:05 PM

Thanks for the reply.

I know the resolution setting of 1280x720p works well since the frame rate setting is 60 fps. It's stunning in 3D!

But for the resolution of 1920x1080p, I need to limit the frame rate to 24 fps. The "Limit frame rate" option setting can only be lower to 30. I'd like to know if there's anyway to lower it to 24. That's the only way I can get stereoscopic 3D in 1920x1080.

Thanks.

03-24-2010, 01:07 AM	#1761
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	I might be able to give it an intensity slider, but the speed won't change. The medium is water, not molasses. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

03-24-2010, 09:31 AM	#1765
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	harris - I wasn't intending on tackling the foreground colors at this time. That's a major job, since there's no actual "lighting" any more. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

03-25-2010, 05:21 AM	#1767
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	The Star Trek and Religion discussion has moved to a more appropriate location. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

06-16-2010, 05:00 PM	#1768
JohnWho Registered Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida Posts: 486	Should this now be "Wishlist for 2,3, and 4"? I'd like to add to the wishlist something Dale mentioned in another thread: the ability to move a "fish set" either up or down in the list similiar to the way we can now move music in the Music List or items in the Clock and Logo Playlist. I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!

07-27-2010, 12:15 PM	#1772
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	Welcome to the forums. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

03-24-2010, 06:12 AM	#1762
harris Registered Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 122	Thank you, Jim. If it works, having the option to adjust both the background/foreground colors and the light reflection intensity will be a great addition. They just seem so natural together.

03-24-2010, 06:44 AM	#1763
JohnWho Registered Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida Posts: 486	Originally posted by Jim Sachs: JohnWho - The treasure chest is in the Freshwater Aquarium. People involved with saltwater tanks are generally purists who don't want any toys in the tank. Things are a little looser in the freshwater community, and the bubbling tresure chest is almost a must-have. Actually, I was just kidding. I wouldn't really want anything "unnatural" in the aquarium, even a fresh water one. Takes away the look, in my opinion. Well, maybe a mermaid, but that's it.

03-24-2010, 07:14 AM	#1764
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	Love the mermaid idea, but I don't think it is natural. LOL. Unless you know something I don't.

03-24-2010, 11:35 AM	#1766
harris Registered Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 122	Oops, OK, I understand. That just gives use more to look forward to in the future.

07-26-2010, 12:33 AM	#1769
mipalmer Registered Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2	I would like to make a wishlist request for a few of my favorite fish please. Gold Bar Maroon Clownfish (Premnas epigrammata) Yellow Stripe Maroon Clown Fish (Premnas biaculeatus_ Lemonpeel Angelfish (Centropyge flavissima) Purple Firefish Goby (Nemateleotris decora) Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus) Atlantic Blue Juvenile Tang - Yellow Juvenile Coloration Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus) I just recently purchased MA 3. I maintained Saltwater aquariums and reefs for years as a hobbyist. I was looking for a application that might give me the same feeling as having my own. I really appreciate what you have created. Hopefully you can add the fish to a future release to help cure my craving and give me sense that it is my own with a few of my favorites. Thank you for taken them into consideration. Please let me know if you would like me to provide some photos.

07-26-2010, 03:42 AM	#1770
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Welcome mipalmer, to SereneScreen! ..... Have you discovered the Wishlist Fish & Special Creatures section of the fan site? ..... I think it contains a few of your favourites.

07-26-2010, 09:36 PM	#1771
mipalmer Registered Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2	I had not discovered the wishlist fish & special creatures section. Thank you cjmaddy for pointing me in the right direction. Much appreciated.

10-22-2010, 08:05 AM	#1773
emiranda Registered Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1	New feature suggestion I have a suggestion for the wishlist... and I do not know if this has been suggested before. In a two or three monitor environment the program works incredibly well...except that the fish are distorted when they pass from one monitor to the other! They are elongated by the sum of the edges of the two side-by-side monitors. Depending on the monitors this could be anything from one to three inches It would be incredible if the user could input the width of the monitor edges (side by side) then it would look as if the fish was hidden or swimming behind the monitor edge and look as if the monitors are a window that looks into a real aquarium! Since the program is used both domestic and internationally, this feature (if implemented) should allow inches and centimeters, or fractions thereof.

10-23-2010, 02:37 PM	#1774
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	This is know as a "bezel gap adjustment", and I tried to implement it a couple of years ago. It turned out to be a lifetime project, so I abandoned it. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-23-2010, 02:45 PM	#1775
johnblommers The Architect Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 756	Toss it over the fence Why not give O'Connor a shot at it? Reasons people don't watch Star Trek: 60% - It’s for nerds. 39% - The show’s stupid. 01% - My parents were killed by Klingons and it's still too painful.

10-23-2010, 03:04 PM	#1776
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	He's welcome to try it if he likes. Of couse even if he's successful, it would only work in OpenGL on the Mac. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-28-2010, 01:59 PM	#1777
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Gotta get that starfish moving and on the glass soon! Patrick

12-04-2010, 12:02 PM	#1778
xitrum Registered Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 12	Hello. First of all, thank you for such a wonderful program. I've been using it for a long time. I recently upgraded to version 3.0. Absolutely love it. I have a question. Is it possible to set the frame rate to 24 fps? The reason is that I have a 3DTV with nVidia 3DTV Play. In order to display 3D in 1920x1080p resolution, the frame rate must be set to 24fps. If not, is there any chance that this will be added for a future release? Thanks

12-04-2010, 01:28 PM	#1779
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	xitrum, On page 10 of the user manual for nVidia 3DTV, it says: For 3D Gaming: You do not need change the Windows Desktop Resolution to an HD 3D mode. Instead, you simply select the resolution 1280x720 and 60 Hz refresh rate from inside the game’s video settings menu to switch to 3D mode. However, if you are using a game that uses the Windows desktop resolution when running the game, it is recommended you select HD 3D mode 720p, 1280x720 with a refresh rate of 60 Hz or 50 Hz. and Launch your game in fullscreen mode. 3D TVs only support one resolution for 3D gaming: 1280x720. When you start the game, you may notice a red message at the bottom of the game that indicates that your current game is not running in a compatible HDMI 1.4 3D mode. This message is normal since many games launch with an initial in‐game resolution that is not 1280x720. For example, if your game starts at 1600x900 at 60 Hz, the 3D TV does not support operating 3D in that mode and you will see a message that says Current mode 1600x900@60 is not HDMI 1.4 3D compatible. 2. Select the in‐game resolution 1280x720. This is the HD 3D mode of 720p, 1280x720. Once you are running in this resolution, the red text is no longer displayed and you can now play your games in 3D. have you tried these settings? "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

12-04-2010, 09:05 PM	#1780
xitrum Registered Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 12	Thanks for the reply. I know the resolution setting of 1280x720p works well since the frame rate setting is 60 fps. It's stunning in 3D! But for the resolution of 1920x1080p, I need to limit the frame rate to 24 fps. The "Limit frame rate" option setting can only be lower to 30. I'd like to know if there's anyway to lower it to 24. That's the only way I can get stereoscopic 3D in 1920x1080. Thanks.